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itspeachie's review against another edition
emotional
sad
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
achillesheeled's review against another edition
2.0
Maybe strangers enter your heart first and then you spend the rest of your life searching for them.
genuinely just... did not care about anything that happened in this and there were way too many characters with similar names and vague personalities. saving francesca was so good but this was mediocre at best
genuinely just... did not care about anything that happened in this and there were way too many characters with similar names and vague personalities. saving francesca was so good but this was mediocre at best
sam_hartwig's review against another edition
3.0
I read "Finnikin of the rock" in May and really loved it, so I thought I'd give another one of Melina Marchetta's books a go. Unfortunately, I wasn't as impressed with this. I didn't know that this was sort of a companion novel to "Saving Francesca", which I haven't read. I really wished I had read "Saving Francesca" first because I may have been a bit more invested in this.
The book is written from the third person but focuses mainly on Tom Mackee and his Aunty Georgie. Both of them weren't very interesting, so maybe that's why I didn't like this all that much. It's a shame I didn't feel as fondly for this as others did, I've seen many reviews from people who are in love with this.
After reading this though it makes me want to read "Saving Francesca" because Francesca was an awesome secondary character! I can imagine a book from her as the main character would be awesome. Another secondary character that I really liked was Tom's little sister. She isn't a big character, but she has balls and is totally cool! I wanted to read more about her.
On a side note, It was cool knowing this book is set in Australia because I got all the slang and references.
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The book is written from the third person but focuses mainly on Tom Mackee and his Aunty Georgie. Both of them weren't very interesting, so maybe that's why I didn't like this all that much. It's a shame I didn't feel as fondly for this as others did, I've seen many reviews from people who are in love with this.
After reading this though it makes me want to read "Saving Francesca" because Francesca was an awesome secondary character! I can imagine a book from her as the main character would be awesome. Another secondary character that I really liked was Tom's little sister. She isn't a big character, but she has balls and is totally cool! I wanted to read more about her.
On a side note, It was cool knowing this book is set in Australia because I got all the slang and references.
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stuckinafictionaluniverse's review
3.0
3 1/2 stars.
I was a little disappointed by this; probably because I had too high expectations. I didn't connect with Georgie's story and wanted more from Tom. More banter between him and Tara Finke, more plot, more heartbreak and more laughter. Although it was a great book overall, it didn't live up to the hype or my love for SF.
Review to come.
I was a little disappointed by this; probably because I had too high expectations. I didn't connect with Georgie's story and wanted more from Tom. More banter between him and Tara Finke, more plot, more heartbreak and more laughter. Although it was a great book overall, it didn't live up to the hype or my love for SF.
Review to come.
halynah's review against another edition
5.0
Beautifully written highly recommended book from an absolutely brilliant author!
renuked's review against another edition
4.0
A 4-star Marchetta is still a 5-star anyone else. The squad from Saving Francesca is still possible one of my favorite group of literary friends of all time, and that's probably why I put this book off for so long. But, of course, Marchetta loves them just as much as we all do, and treats them with the same care she did previously. Give me Jimmy Hailler, and I will be content.
frithf's review against another edition
5.0
Melina Marchetta is one of the most talented writers for Young Adults (and I do mean young adults: this book is more for the early twenties crowd than teenagers) around today, I firmly believe.
The Piper's Son picks up the story of the group of friends from Saving Francesca, set five years later as they begin their post-university lives. Focusing on Thomas Mackee and those around him, the book throws the reader into the aftermath of the collapse and tragedy of Tom's family, his love life and his regard for his disappeared, charismatic father, Dominic Mackee - union man, alcoholic, promises the world with a look in his eye. As Tom begins, painfully, to piece together what happened to him and his father, his family comes together in a story about love, community, finding your way and picking up the pieces.
Eh, guys, I don't do it justice, much though I want to. I laughed, I cried, I got to the end and started again at the beginning, I recc'd it like crazy to everyone. Just read it.
The Piper's Son picks up the story of the group of friends from Saving Francesca, set five years later as they begin their post-university lives. Focusing on Thomas Mackee and those around him, the book throws the reader into the aftermath of the collapse and tragedy of Tom's family, his love life and his regard for his disappeared, charismatic father, Dominic Mackee - union man, alcoholic, promises the world with a look in his eye. As Tom begins, painfully, to piece together what happened to him and his father, his family comes together in a story about love, community, finding your way and picking up the pieces.
Eh, guys, I don't do it justice, much though I want to. I laughed, I cried, I got to the end and started again at the beginning, I recc'd it like crazy to everyone. Just read it.
parpacifica's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful. Sad. Raw. Disheartening. Utterly beautiful.
stephxsu's review against another edition
5.0
I have never read a book by Melina Marchetta that I haven’t loved, which makes her one of a kind. THE PIPER’S SON takes beloved characters from Saving Francesca and makes them hurt—makes us hurt in reading about their struggles—and yet leaves us with a story so powerful, so resonant, so complex, that it’s hard to imagine that such an accomplishment was achieved at the hands of a human being.
Readers of THE PIPER’S SON should not expect the same tone as was in Saving Fracesca. THE PIPER’S SON is dark. That’s because Tom Mackee is angry. Two years after his uncle’s death and Tom is still simmering, still resentful, still pushing everyone away and not taking care of himself. You’d hate him for being so self-absorbed if it weren’t for how subtly Tom heals throughout the course of the novel.
Melina Marchetta’s characterization isn’t simply splendid. Her dialogue isn’t simply witty and spot-on—it’s revitalizing. The dialogue comes across as simultaneously natural and like the most wonderful thing you’ve ever read in fiction. The characters in THE PIPER’S SON really do come alive through their interactions with one another. Even Tom, so stuck in a cycle of self-torment is he, reveals himself to be capable of being vulnerable, of healing, of loving through his exchanges with others.
I had high expectations for THE PIPER’S SON and Marchetta didn’t let me down. THE PIPER’S SON is evidence of Marchetta’s incredible maturation as a writer since her wonderful book Saving Francesca. A must-read for Marchetta fans, and a book that will continue to astound me every time I think back to it.
Readers of THE PIPER’S SON should not expect the same tone as was in Saving Fracesca. THE PIPER’S SON is dark. That’s because Tom Mackee is angry. Two years after his uncle’s death and Tom is still simmering, still resentful, still pushing everyone away and not taking care of himself. You’d hate him for being so self-absorbed if it weren’t for how subtly Tom heals throughout the course of the novel.
Melina Marchetta’s characterization isn’t simply splendid. Her dialogue isn’t simply witty and spot-on—it’s revitalizing. The dialogue comes across as simultaneously natural and like the most wonderful thing you’ve ever read in fiction. The characters in THE PIPER’S SON really do come alive through their interactions with one another. Even Tom, so stuck in a cycle of self-torment is he, reveals himself to be capable of being vulnerable, of healing, of loving through his exchanges with others.
I had high expectations for THE PIPER’S SON and Marchetta didn’t let me down. THE PIPER’S SON is evidence of Marchetta’s incredible maturation as a writer since her wonderful book Saving Francesca. A must-read for Marchetta fans, and a book that will continue to astound me every time I think back to it.